The Drowned World

Ballard is at the same time literary master and spellbinding storyteller. Prepare to be transported to another world with all of your senses in tow. You will feel the pounding heat of the sun, smell the aquatic decay and jungle vegitation, hear the hungry predators stalking you, and see into the very souls of man. This book took me on a wild catamaran ride and left me marooned on an island of deep thought when it was through.